by svsauthor | Nov 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
Sometimes I struggle to find a topic for my weekly blog. Other times the topic falls in my lap. Last week, for example, I can’t imagine what else could have happened during the week for me to write about anything other than the Brewers winning the World Series. This...
by svsauthor | Oct 31, 2026 | Uncategorized
Wednesday of Last Week Unless Clare has a question about a car repair or an unusual bird she’s seen, she seldom calls me on the phone. Sometimes she calls Manyu and asks me to join the conversation, but she doesn’t usually call me directly. Wednesday night she called....
by svsauthor | Oct 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
It’s been a quiet week. I went fishing twice, I played cards once. Otherwise the days have been so uneventful that this week’s blog is about buying a loaf of bread. On Sunday Manyu asked me to go to Olive Garden to get her a bowl of chicken gnocchi soup. On her...
by svsauthor | Oct 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
I don’t often write about the process of writing in my weekly blogs. I think about it though, and recently a particular question has been gnawing at me. For the past month, I have been editing material I’d written over a year ago, and I find myself asking...
by svsauthor | Oct 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
A month ago Buzz and I burned out the outboard motor on Buzz’s small fishing boat. For the two weeks following, we fished from my canoe instead. We caught fish, but we also wound up with stiff backs and sore butts from sitting in the same cramped positions too...
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